Commentary for Yevamot 119:8

מ"ט דראב"י דכתיב (ויקרא כא, יד) אלמנה וגרושה וחללה זונה את אלה לא יקח כי אם בתולה וגו' וכתיב ולא יחלל זרעו בעמיו אכולהו

serves the purpose of excluding the menstruant.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If a priest cohabited with his wife while she was in such a condition, the child is not to be regarded as a halal. ');">²⁴</span> Whose view is represented in the following statement wherein it was taught: [Only the offspring] of these<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Those enumerated in Lev. XXI, 14. ');">²⁵</span> is to be regarded a halal but no offspring of a menstruant is to be deemed a halal.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. XXI, 14. ');">²⁶</span> — Whose view? That of R. Eliezer b. Jacob. But on the view of R. Eliezer b. Jacob, the expression these<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. XXI, 14. ');">²⁶</span>

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